Drax

Drax Power Station is the United Kingdom's largest coal-fired power plant and the second largest coal plant in Europe. It owned by Drax Power and is located near Selby, North Yorkshire in Northern England. The plant has six 660 MW generating units, and a maximum capacity of 3,945 MW, producing around 24 Terawatt-hours (TWh) annually.

Drax employs over 700 people and provides about 7% of Britain's electrical power demand. The six units are served by independent wet limestone-gypsum flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) plant, which removes at least 90% of the sulphur dioxide from the flue gases. The station's chimney is the tallest in the UK. The station has a maximum potential consumption of 36,000 metric tons (tonnes) of coal a day, and uses between 7,000,000 and 11,000,000 metric tons annually. Coal is partly supplied by nearby Kellingley Colliery, with the bulk coming from Poland. The Drax station generates around 1,500,000 of ash and 22,800,000 of carbon dioxide each year.

June 13, 2008: Activists halt coal train on its way to UK's largest power plant
On the morning of June 13, 2008, 40 Camp for Climate Action activists, a small number disguised as railway workers, flagged down and stopped a coal train on its way to Drax Power Station. Protesters climbed onto the train and unloaded almost 20 tons of coal onto the tracks while others chained themselves to the train. A banner was unfurled reading 'Leave it in the Ground!'. Riot police stormed the train and removed the protesters around midnight. 29 were arrested.

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